Lok Sabha Election 2024 Voting Live Updates: Prime Minister Narendra Modi urged people to vote in record numbers during the polling underway in 88 parliamentary constituencies spread across 13 states and Union Territories (UTs) in the second phase of Lok Sabha Elections 2024 today, April 26. Asserting that a high voter turnout strengthens democracy, the Prime Minister especially urged young voters and women voters to turn out in great numbers
Congress leaders, including Malikarjun Kharge and Priyanka Gandhi also issued voting appeals while saying that this election was to ‘save the constitution’.
The voting began at 7 am and will continue until 5 pm. The Election Commission provides an extra hour buffer period for voters who are already present in the voting queue.
Overall the 88 seats recorded 39.1% voter turnout till 1 pm, according to the Election Commission of India. Karnataka recorded 38. 2 % turnout, Tripura recorded 54.98 5, Kerala recorded 38.01, Bihar 35.73 % and UP 35.75 % till 1 pm, according to Election Commission.
As many as 15.88 crore voters are eligible to vote in this phase. The voters include 8.08 crore men, 7.8 crore women and 5,929 third-gender electors. The voters also include 3.28 crore young voters in the age group 20-29 years. This includes 34.8 lakh first-time voters registered to cast their votes in this phase.
As many as 109 seats had gone to polling in the Phase 1 on April 19. The first phase recorded a voter turnout of around 62 per cent. The counting of votes for all seven phases of Lok Sabha Elections will be held on June 4.
The seats going to polls on April 26 include all 20 Lok Sabha constituencies in Kerala, 14 in Karnataka, 13 in Rajasthan, eight each in Uttar Pradesh and Maharashtra, seven in Madhya Pradesh, five each in Assam and Bihar, three each in West Bengal and Chhattisgarh and one each in Jammu and Kashmir, Manipur and Tripura.
Congress leaders Rahul Gandhi and Shashi Tharoor, the BJP’s youth icon Tejasvi Surya, Union minister Rajeev Chandrasekhar, actor-turned-politicians Hema Malini and Arun Govil, and the speaker in the outgoing Lok Sabha, Om Birla are among 1,210 candidates in the fray in Phase 2 of the Lok Sabha elections.
Over 16 lakh polling officials have been deployed across 1.67 lakh polling stations in this phase. Webcasting will be done in more than 50 per cent of the polling stations along with the deployment of micro-observers in all polling stations.
Overall, voting for 543 Lok Sabha seats will be held in seven phases. The last phase will be held on June 1. The BJP-led National Democratic Alliance (NDA), which is seeking a record third term under PM Narendra Modi, has set a target of winning 400 seats this election. The ruling alliance is challenged by the opposition parties led by the Congress under the banner of the INDIA bloc.
The counting of votes for all seven phases of Lok Sabha Elections will take place on June 4.
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Lok Sabha Election 2024 Voting Live: Overall the 88 seats recorded 39.1% voter turnout till 1 pm, according to the Election Commission of India. Karnataka recorded 38. 2 % turnout, Tripura recorded 54.47 %, Kerala recorded 39%, Bihar 33.8 % and UP 35.75 % till 1 pm, according to Election Commission.
Assam 46.31%
Bihar 33.80%
Chhattisgarh 53.09%
Jammu And Kashmir 42.88%
Karnataka 38.23%
Kerala 39.26%
Madhya Pradesh 38.96%
Maharashtra 31.77%
Manipur 54.26%
Rajasthan 40.39%
Tripura 54.47%
Uttar Pradesh 35.73%
West Bengal 47.29%
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“PM Narendra Modi has given a target of 400 paar and we will achieve that target. I am not contesting this time, and there’s a difference between not fielded and not contesting,” he told ANI after casting his vote.
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“Karnataka is going to poll; the state is giving very big results and people are very happy as whatever we said in the last elections we have delivered…Women are cutting across the party line, all of them are favouring us and I thank all of them…For the first-time voters- the youth of this country, I have to say that Congress has put up a beautiful manifesto…You have to make a change as it is needed, you have given 10 years and now let’s go for a change,” he told ANI.
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“Congress party has become absolutely frustrated. Survey after survey shows that it may not win more than 30 seats… The more personal attacks and baseless allegations they make against the PM, history has shown that the Prime Minister has only gotten stronger and the BJP has only gotten more popular,” he told ANI.
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“I want to tell everyone- don’t sit at home, come out and vote, choose your leader. I always feel that urban people vote less as compared to those in rural areas. I request youngsters to come out and vote.”
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Lok Sabha Election 2024 Phase 2 Voting Live: Date and time of voting
Voting for the second phase of the Lok Sabha Elections 2024 is scheduled for April 26, 2024, in 88 constituencies across 13 States and Union Territories. The general voting hours are from 7 am to 6 pm, though timings may vary depending on the constituency.
In several constituencies in Bihar, including Banka, Madhepura, Khagaria, and Munger, the polling hours were extended until 6 pm to accommodate voters due to hot weather conditions. These 88 constituencies include 73 general, 6 scheduled tribe, and 9 scheduled caste seats.
Lok Sabha Election 2024 Phase 2 Voting Live: Which Lok Sabha constituencies are voting in Phase 2?
The voting will take place in 88 constituencies across 13 states/UTs. These states include Assam, Bihar, Chhattisgarh, Jammu and Kashmir, Karnataka, Kerala, Manipur, Madhya Pradesh, Maharashtra, Rajasthan, Tripura, Uttar Pradesh and West Bengal.
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